The creation and excavation of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s Te Tokanga moai statue was never completed.(Supplied: Carl Philipp Lipo / Binghamton University) It is lying abandoned, unfinished and idle on ...
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the ...
Carl Lipo receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The ...
Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. The Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of ...
Researchers used drone imagery to construct a 3D model of Rapa Nui's main moai quarry and reveal its secrets. Reading time 2 minutes The island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for ...
Rapa Nui today inaugurated the Rapa Nui Heritage Summit 2025, an international gathering which, from 24 to 26 November 2025, brings to the island Indigenous leaders, national authorities, heritage ...
A fleet renewal, a war on waste, and leveraging unique government partnerships to secure cleaner fuel are making this small South Pacific airline greener. ByChristopher Elliott, Senior Contributor.
Native Americans and Polynesians were in contact across the Pacific Ocean centuries before Europeans entered Polynesian waters, according to a new study published today the journal Nature. Moreover, ...
When Polynesian explorers landed on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, around 1200 C.E., they found nearly 20 million palm trees; by the time Dutch explorers arrived in 1722, they found only ...
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